© BBC News Quiz is the most in-demand comedy on BBC Sounds
18/05/2022 … The News Quiz is the most popular comedy show on BBC Sounds, new figures have revealed.
Latest News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 18 May 2022
© BBC Tue 17 May 2022
Rare Spike Milligan footage to air on TV
...including previously lost footage
17/05/2022 … Lost and previously unseen footage of Spike Milligan is to air as part of a documentary later this year.
© Sky Studios/Ranga Bee Romesh Ranganathan and Katherine Ryan in new 'Rom'com
17/05/2022 … Katherine Ryan and Romesh Ranganathan are to star in a rom-com thriller for Sky.
© BBC Suranne Jones to star in Christmas Carol comedy
17/05/2022 … Suranne Jones is to star in a festive comedy loosely based on Charles Dickens’ The Christmas Carol for Sky TV.
Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont seek the perfect celebrity couples
New entertainment show for Channel 4
17/05/2022 … Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont are to make a new comedy entertainment series for Channel 4 seeking the perfect celebrity couple.
David Baddiel's Jews Don’t Count goes to Channel 4
Polemic documentary based on his successful book
17/05/2022 … David Baddiel is to make a Channel 4 special based on his book Jews Don’t Count.
© John Manktelow/Plum Pictures Johnny Vegas joins Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys
17/05/2022 … Johnny Vegas has joined the cast of Neil Gaiman’s fantasy series Anansi Boys – playing a dead comedian.
© Sky UK Sky orders Jack Whitehall football travel show
Comic competes with Jamie Redknapp to 'collect' World Cup stars in Got Got Need
17/05/2022 … Jack Whitehall is to reunite with his League of Their Own colleague Jamie Redknapp for a new series loosely based on Panini football stickers.